Another CIF state title in girls swimming and two second-place showings in boys and girls golf helped Santa Margarita of Rancho Santa Margarita compile very high finishes in many CIF sports during the 2024-25 school year. That is enough to get the athletic program to the top of the mountain in California for overall athletic […]
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All-State Baseball 2025: First Team
In a bit of a twist from the past, we’re getting out the final teams of the 43rd annual All-State Baseball Teams the day after the first three rounds of the MLB Draft and the same night after all rounds were complete. Corona made history with three players selected in the first round and has […]
NEW State Baseball TOP 35 Rankings
There were some big upsets in CIF section playoffs up north, but not in the south as the three of the top four teams in the state — No. 1 Corona, No. 3 Crespi and No. 4 St. John Bosco — plus No. 2 Granite Hills of El Cajon will all be in section semifinals...
FINAL Boys BB State TOP 40 Rankings
As is another of our traditions, we present our expanded, final State TOP 40 overall boys basketball team rankings for the 2024-25 season. There is some movement from our previous weekly Top 30 update, as Stockton Lincoln’s performance in the CIF D1 state title game against No. 7 Sierra Canyon causes NorCal teams to jump...
NEW State Baseball TOP 35
It’s been an insane start for the No. 1 Corona baseball team. The big accomplishment so far for any of the six teams that the Panthers have played is scoring a run and that has only happened once compared to five shutouts (including one on Tuesday). There has been a lot of changes since the...
State’s All-Time NBA All-Star Alums
[/caption] California’s 50th player to appear in an NBA All-Star Game was Klay Thompson in 2015. In honor of that total, we decided to start a new NBA All-Star Alumni list for our exclusive state record book. It has now been updated through the 2024 All-Star Game....
NEW Boys BB State TOP 30 Rankings
Individual standouts such as Tounde Yessoufou (St. Joseph) and Alijah Arenas (Chatsworth) have been getting most of the attention for their scoring exploits, but this week the focus will return to team results as the post-season comes into focus. The Trinity and Mission League results in the CIF Southern Section affect this week’s State Top...
FINAL State TOP 75 FB Rankings (1-25)
It’s the eighth time in the last nine seasons that Mater Dei and St. John Bosco finish in the top two slots. The only time they didn’t was 2021 and that No. 2 team, Servite of Anaheim, is going to have two first round NFL draft picks in April. De La Salle also did enough...
NEW Boys BB State TOP 25 Rankings
These are the first rankings for the 2024-25 regular season. The top nine remain the same from the preseason. Redondo Union moves into the Top 10 with three of the top four clubs winning games at the Take Flight Challenge that the Sea Hawks hosted over the weekend. There’s only one loss among the top...
NEW State TOP 50 FB Rankings (1-25)
This week’s order for the first 14 gets mixed up after Santa Margarita’s eye-opening 44-8 win over Servite of Anaheim. That forced the Eagles to come back up into the higher reaches of the first 25. Others getting boosts include Clovis East (up two), Murrieta Valley (up three) and St. Mary’s of Stockton (up three)....
